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Direct linkLiao, Shu-Min – Journal of Statistics and Data Science Education, 2023
SCRATCH, developed by the Media Lab at MIT, is a kid-friendly visual programming language, designed to introduce programming to children and teens in a "more thinkable, more meaningful, and more social" way. Although it was initially intended for K-12 students, educators have used it for higher education as well, and found it…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Coding, Programming Languages, Computer Science Education
Download full textMedveckis, Arturs; Pigozne, Tamara; Tomsons, Dzintars – World Journal on Educational Technology: Current Issues, 2021
Life-long learning, including development of professional competence, is an essential paradigm of the 21st century. The goal of this research is to analyse the quality and efficiency of the educators' professional competence enhancement programme dubbed "Fundamentals of Programming in Visual Programming Environment Scratch" in accordance…
Descriptors: Teacher Competencies, Technological Literacy, Programming Languages, Computer Science Education
Strawhacker, Amanda; Bers, Marina Umaschi – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2019
Computer programming for young children has grown in popularity among both educators and product developers, but still relatively little is known about what skills children are developing when they code. This study investigated N = 57 Kindergarten through second grade children's performance on a programming assessment after engaging in a 6-week…
Descriptors: Coding, Programming, Computer Science Education, Kindergarten
